- In Charlotte, Sol Nation founder Nakisa Glover turns community members’ art and conversation into on-the-ground change.
- Huron, California, Mayor Rey León builds new green infrastructure in his rural, predominantly Latino farming town.
- 17-year-old Elsa Mengistu works with youth climate movement Zero Hour to center marginalized youth voices — after all, they’ve got the biggest stake in the fate of the planet.
- Like the Green New Deal? You’ll love Adrien Salazar’s even more progressive plan for New York, which would direct state funds toward neighborhoods that need it most.
- Rev. Mariama White-Hammond opened her own church in Boston to foster connection between communities, in the environmental justice movement and beyond.
This story was originally published by Grist with the headline Meet 5 people bringing equity to the fight against climate change on Mar 12, 2019.